How you met scuba diving

[fantarara]

On a trip to Lombok in college, I did a discover scuba and it was magical: warm and clear waters, turtles, and my hand being held by a tall, blonde Frenchman. Was hooked (with both diving and handholding) and got myself certified. Alas, the handholding is faaaar between and no more tall, blonde Frenchman. Good thing the diving is good.

I took an elective in college in the late 90s. The class was once or twice a week for a semester. I recall that the course was somewhat more intense than I expected. I remember having to tread water with hands above our heads for several minutes, retrieve a brick at the bottom of the pool, swim the length of the 25 yard pool underwater open the tank and breath using the regulator then swim back underwater again. We also had to dive at the deep end of the pool and put on our gear at the bottom several times. I thought it was the standard requirements for the OW course at the time. Maybe the instructor was a wanna-be SEAL. Sadly, I didn't get my OW cert as the lake froze over and didn't have the chance and money to get certified until many years later.

Sounds like my first training with Indonesian POSSI (CMAS 1 star). The license was actually signed by an Indonesian naval officer.

 

[DXHI]

Initially got certified in undergrad, through school program. Didn’t have the time or money to go once certified.
Grad school and 2 jobs later, a couple of co-workers talked me into going through the motions again after a really really bad relationship / and prolonged break up.. …fell in love with the adrenaline of spear fishing .. love the fresh fish
But also on the flip side , fell in love with the shear peace, beauty and tranquility of an alien world.
The GF immediately after the bad break up (in school to be a therapist) said I was just chasing a “high” after trauma and this was a phase … but she reluctantly agreed to get certified but never really liked it like I did.
Long story short we broke up … had the honeymoon suite booked at Cayman to pop the question and she ghosted me completely 1 month before we were supposed to leave … yes think Dierks Bentley “Drunk on a plane”
Well i went anyway and just so happened I met my current lady of 5 years just last week on that trip.

So technically one-met Scuba and I met my better half because of scuba

 

[Chrisk919]

My teens found me snorkeling on friend’s boats in Key Largo and then helping my grandfather clean boat hulls with a Brownies third lung. So when a friend suggested we get certified it was an easy “yes”.

Then I moved away for college and work, so it was a bit before coming back to scuba in 2018…

Then COVID came as I was ramping up again… but I made up for that over the last couple of years.

Now my wife is convinced I am in some scuba cult (she doesn’t dive) lol.

 

[fred32176]

I try activities that an area supports. In Utah I skied, In Virginia I mountain biked. When I moved to Florida I tried surfing but couldn't do it well enough. Scuba I can do, And Florida is a great place to do it.